# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-lam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:30:58.147Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-lam"
name: "David Lam"
slug: "david-lam"
description: "David See-chai Lam, was a Hong Kong-born Canadian banker, businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician. From 1988 to 1995, Lam was the 25th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, and he was the first Chinese Canadian to be appointed as a viceroy in Canada. He was known for his charitable efforts, donating millions of dollars and leveraging millions more to support educational institutions and activities in Hong Kong, Canada, and the United States."
tagline: "Canadian businessman (1923-2010)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/DavidLam.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1923-09-02"
deathDate: "2010-11-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.12
  momentum:             1.196013289036545
  historical:           6.372897333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E6%80%9D%E9%BD%8A"
    title: "林思齊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ديفيد لام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ديفيد لام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lam"
    title: "David Lam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lam"
    title: "David Lam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lam"
    title: "David Lam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lam"
    title: "David Lam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465073"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump